The German Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, Mrs Renate Charlotte Lehner addressing guests.
Kigali: The German Embassy yesterday celebrated 29 years of the German Unity with many Guests at the residence of German Ambassador in Kigali, and the Chargé d’Affaires, Mrs Renate Charlotte Lehner has delivered a message, just before the German Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, who is visiting Rwanda. Read the message below:
To see you all here tonight really impresses me and shows that all of you want to be part of the celebration of the Day of Unity, almost 30 years after the dividing wall fellonce separating Germany, as well as the celebration of friendship between our two nations Germany and Rwanda.
If you are missing some of of the usual dinatories please be aware that they are already on their way to Germany to warm uo for Rwanda Day on 5th October 2019 in Bonn.
But wait a minute, why is she talking and not the inhabitant of this beautiful residence. Please allow me to introduce you to the actual hosts of this wonderful event.
Mr Thomas Kurz, the Ambassador-designate and his wife, Andrea Roller Kurz would have been delighted to address you at their home tonight instead of me. But unfortunately timetables and time zones where not in our favor so that he did not have the pleasure yet to hand over his credentials to H.E. the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. Of course there are present here standing in the front row and pleased to interact with you later.
Germany has maintained diplomatic relations with Rwanda since 1962. Traditionally, there has been a close and good mutual relationship based on trust. Bilateral relations are maintained by the embassies of both countries but also through you present here tonight.
37years of partnership between Rhineland-Palatinate and Rwanda which began as an unusual attempt by two countries to reshape development policy is now an internationally recognised model of citizen-oriented, decentralised and efficient development cooperation at the local level.
Also part of the strong German cooperation group are Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH looking back at more than 40 years of successful cooperation, the German Development Bank, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, the Chamber of Skilled crafts Koblenz, the Senior Expert Service, the Savings Banks Foundation for international Cooperation, Goethe Institute, DAAD, Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, and the Westerwelle-Foundation. So please do not judge us by the size of our Embassy only. Thanks to them, to you our dear partners, we enjoy a big portfolio.
Please note that this year Germany commemorates the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Therefore the German Embassy in cooperation with the Goethe Institutes Kigali and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Rwanda organized a series of events from today till November 9th – the date the fall. For further information please have a look on the poster on your way out or our website.
Before concluding and to pass the microphone to our guest of honor Minister Spahn please allow we to take a moment to thank our kind sponsors: Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation (SBFIC), Bralirwa Center piece Ltd.
The students of Green Hills Academy and our amazing Embassy team for creating this wonderful atmosphere.The delicious German specialities were prepared by Food & Stuff , the German Butcher and La Galette. (End)